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The Mute: Ritual and Transgressive Meanings of the Masked Character in the Romanian Căluş Ritual 哑巴:罗马尼亚语仪式中蒙面人物的仪式与越界意义

IF 0.3 4区社会学

Folklore-Electronic Journal of Folklore Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.7592/fejf2022.87.iuga_vlahbei

A. Iuga, Georgiana Vlahbei

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Vindications and Customs: Women’s Participation in Local Festive Rituals in Spain 辩护与习俗:西班牙妇女参与当地节日仪式

IF 0.3 4区社会学

Folklore-Electronic Journal of Folklore Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.7592/fejf2022.87.spain

Lidia Montesinos Llinare, M. Bullen, Begoña Pecharromán Ferrer

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Easter Traditions among Slovenes in Italy (Natisone Valley) 意大利的斯洛文尼亚人的复活节传统(纳atisone谷)

IF 0.3 4区社会学

Folklore-Electronic Journal of Folklore Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.7592/fejf2022.87.pilipenko_yasinskaya

G. Pilipenko, M. Yasinskaya

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Ritual Rules in Changing Circumstances: Break, Adapt or Maintain? An Introduction 变化环境下的仪式规则:打破、适应还是维持?介绍

IF 0.3 4区社会学

Folklore-Electronic Journal of Folklore Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.7592/fejf2022.87.introduction

I. Sedakova, Laure Fournier

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Rules and Norms, Freedom, and Regulation: The 15th Congress of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) 规则与规范、自由与规范:第十五届国际民族学与民俗学学会大会(SIEF)

IF 0.3 4区社会学

Folklore-Electronic Journal of Folklore Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.7592/fejf2022.87.sief15

A. Novik, I. Sedakova, A. Kharlamova

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Mediated Easter: Constructing Religious Rituals in a Lockdown 调解复活节:在封锁中构建宗教仪式

IF 0.3 4区社会学

Folklore-Electronic Journal of Folklore Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.7592/fejf2022.87.radchenko

Daria Radchenko

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Love in the Time of Coronavirus: Innovation and Tradition in the World of Quarantine Weddings 冠状病毒时代的爱情:隔离婚礼世界的创新与传统

IF 0.3 4区社会学

Folklore-Electronic Journal of Folklore Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.7592/fejf2022.87.balatonyi

Judit Balatonyi

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Calendric Feast Bans and the Punishment for Violating Them in the Bulgarian Traditional Culture 保加利亚传统文化中的历法盛宴禁令及违反者的惩罚

IF 0.3 4区社会学

Folklore-Electronic Journal of Folklore Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.7592/fejf2022.87.sedakova

I. Sedakova

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Children as Consumers and Co-Creators of Cultural Products: The Impact of Foreign Films on Estonian Children’s Culture in the 1950s 儿童作为消费者和文化产品的共同创造者:20世纪50年代外国电影对爱沙尼亚儿童文化的影响

IF 0.3 4区社会学

Folklore-Electronic Journal of Folklore Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.7592/fejf2022.86.tuisk

A. Tuisk

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Suicide Games, Abandoned Houses, and Thirst For Danger: The Youth’s Personal Experience Narratives and the Media’s Moral Panics about Semi-Supernatural Challenges in Estonia 自杀游戏、废弃房屋和对危险的渴望:爱沙尼亚青年的个人经历叙述和媒体对半超自然挑战的道德恐慌

IF 0.3 4区社会学

Folklore-Electronic Journal of Folklore Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.7592/fejf2022.86.hiiemae_tins

R. Hiiemäe, Andrus Tins

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